Halep back on tennis court after four-year doping ban slashed to nine months March 5, 2024 Former Grand Slam tennis champion Simona Halep has seen her four-year doping ban slashed to just nine months. The new, backdated ban means the Romanian is able to resume competition immediately. The 32-year-old appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport after she was banned for testing positive for roxadustat, an anti-anaemia drug. Her appeal [...]
Boulter climbs WTA ranking with San Diego Open win March 4, 2024 Her new WTA ranking is a career high.
Saudi Arabia’s PIF beefs up tennis presence with major ATP partnership February 28, 2024 PIF will sponsor the ATP rankings and five tournaments.
Andy Murray reveals Paris 2024 Olympic ambition and retirement thinking February 28, 2024 The Briton is eyeing one more outing for Team GB later this year.
Murray calls for unity amid Saudi-backed tennis ‘super tour’ rumours February 26, 2024 The British tennis player said the conflicting organisers are only “looking out for their best interests”.
Ed Warner: On bad actors and their pernicious influence on so many sports February 22, 2024 Our columnist on rogues who taint sport, plus FA Cup maths, Rwanda, Tracey Crouch MP and Jilly Cooper.
Federer documentary will capture ‘deeply personal journey’ February 19, 2024 The final two weeks of Roger Federer’s tennis career will become a documentary after the 20-time Grand Slam winner worked with British filmmaker Asif Kapadia on the new Amazon Prime project. Federer, considered one of the greatest players to grace the tennis courts, retired in 2022 and became the first of the Big Three – [...]
Raducanu blames schedule, day match and outdoors tie after loss February 12, 2024 Emma Raducanu cited a lack of preparation for her 6-0 7-6 defeat to unseeded Ukrainian Anhelina Kalinina at the WTA Qatar Open. The 2021 US Open winner blamed a lack of practice outdoors and cited her match as her first in the day in a year. Raducanu made 48 unforced errors in a match that [...]
6 Kings Slam: Djokovic and Nadal sign up as Saudi Arabia launches new tennis event February 6, 2024 The new event will take place for the first time in Riyadh this October.
Raducanu wins in Abu Dhabi with Jabeur awaiting the Brit February 5, 2024 Emma Raducanu displayed dominance on Monday evening as she beat Marie Bouzková 6-4 6-1 at the WTA Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open. The Brit was forced to wait to take to the court in the United Arab Emirates given the number of matches before hers against her opponent from Czechia. But the 21-year-old 2021 US Open [...]